''Jordanita'' is a
genus
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of
moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of ...
s of the family
Zygaenidae
The Zygaenidae moths are a family of Lepidoptera. The majority of zygaenids are tropical, but they are nevertheless quite well represented in temperate regions. Some of the 1000 or so species are commonly known as burnet or forester moths, oft ...
.
Selected species
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Subgenus
In biology, a subgenus (plural: subgenera) is a taxonomic rank directly below genus.
In the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, a subgeneric name can be used independently or included in a species name, in parentheses, placed betw ...
''Roccia''
Alberti, 1954
** ''
Jordanita budensis''
(Speyer & Speyer, 1858)
** ''
Jordanita paupera''
(Christoph, 1887)
** ''
Jordanita volgensis''
(Möschler, 1862)
** ''
Jordanita kurdica
''Jordanita kurdica'' is a moth of the family Zygaenidae. It is known from south-eastern Turkey and western Iran.
The length of the forewings is 15.5–17 mm for males and about 11.5 mm for females. Adults are on wing from June to ...
''
(Tarmann, 1987)
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Jordanita hector
''Jordanita hector'' is a moth of the family Zygaenidae. It is known from southern Turkey and Lebanon.
The length of the forewings is 13–14 mm for males and 9.5–12 mm for females. Adults are on wing at the end of May.
The larvae p ...
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(Jordan, 1907)
** ''
Jordanita notata''
(Zeller, 1847)
* Subgenus ''Gregorita''
Povolný & Šmelhaus, 1951
** ''
Jordanita hispanica''
(Alberti, 1937)
** ''
Jordanita algirica''
(Tarmann, 1985)
** ''
Jordanita minutissima
''Jordanita minutissima'' is a moth of the family Zygaenidae. It is found in the Saharan Atlas and the Aurès Mountains.
The length of the forewings is 6.5–7 mm for males and females. Adults are on wing from May to June.
The larvae pr ...
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(Oberthür, 1916)
** ''
Jordanita carolae
''Jordanita carolae'' is a moth of the family Zygaenidae. It is found in the south-eastern High Atlas in Morocco at altitudes between 1,000 and 1,500 meters.
The length of the forewings is 8.2–9.1 mm for males and 8-8.5 mm for femal ...
''
(Dujardin, 1973)
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Jordanita rungsi
''Jordanita rungsi'' is a moth of the family Zygaenidae. It is found in the central areas of the Middle Atlas in Morocco.
The length of the forewings is 11.9–12.2 mm for males and 11.0–11.2 mm for females.
The larvae feed on ''Car ...
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(Dujardin, 1973)
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Jordanita cognata
''Jordanita cognata'' is a moth of the family Zygaenidae. It is found in northern Algeria and western Tunisia.
The length of the forewings is 14–17.5 mm for males and 10.5–11.5 mm for females. Adults are on wing from April to M ...
''
(Herrich-Schäffer, 1852)
** ''
Jordanita benderi''
(Rothschild, 1917)
** ''
Jordanita maroccana''
(Naufock, 1937)
* Subgenus ''Lucasiterna''
Alberti, 1961
** ''
Jordanita cirtana''
(Lucas, 1849)
** ''
Jordanita subsolana''
(Staudinger, 1862)
* Subgenus ''Rjabovia''
Efetov & Tarmann, 1995
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Jordanita horni
''Jordanita horni'' is a moth of the family Zygaenidae. It is found in Turkey, Armenia, Nakhchivan and northern Iran.
The length of the forewings is 9.1–11 mm for males and 9.2–10 mm for females. Adults are on wing from the e ...
''
(Alberti, 1937)
* Subgenus ''Jordanita''
Verity, 1946
** ''
Jordanita syriaca''
(Alberti, 1937)
** ''
Jordanita graeca''
(Jordan, 1907)
** ''
Jordanita chloros''
(Hübner, 1813)
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Jordanita chloronota
''Jordanita chloronota'' is a moth of the family Zygaenidae. It is found in southern Turkey, where it is only known from the southern side of the Taurus Mountains.
The length of the forewings is 12–13.1 mm for males and 9–10 mm ...
''
(Staudinger, 1871)
** ''
Jordanita globulariae''
(Hübner, 1793)
** ''
Jordanita tenuicornis''
(Zeller, 1847)
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Jordanita fazekasi
''Jordanita fazekasi'' is a moth of the family Zygaenidae. It is found in southern Hungary.
The length of the forewings is 12.1–13.1 mm for males.
References
*C. M. Naumann, W. G. Tremewan: ''The Western Palaearctic Zygaenidae''. Apo ...
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Efetov, 1998
** ''
Jordanita vartianae''
Malicky, 1961
* Subgenus ''Praviela''
Alberti, 1954
** ''
Jordanita anatolica''
(Naufock, 1929)
Also See
*
List of moths of Great Britain (Zygaenidae)
The family Zygaenidae comprises the "forester and burnet moths", of which ten species occur in Great Britain:
Subfamily Procridinae
Forester (male)
* ''Adscita statices'', forester — south & centre (local) ‡
* '' Adscita geryon'', cistu ...
References
''Jordanita'' at funet.fi
Procridinae
Zygaenidae genera
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